"Studious of ease, and fond of humble things."

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Source : Ambrose Philips (1768). “Pastorals, Epistles, Odes, and Other Poems”, p.67

Ambrose Philips

#Humble Quotes #Ease Quotes #Study Quotes

“Freedom, security, convenience - choose two”
“I am carried in my shadow like a violin in its black case”

Source : Tomas Transtromer (2011). “The Great Enigma: New Collected Poems”, p.199, New Directions Publishing
“It's extremely important for people to be informed and to be educated and to know what's going in their community and in their country, but every now and then you just kind of want to turn the brain off for a little bit and just laugh and be silly.”
“Powerful brands in the future will instead carefully choose who'd they'd love to be friends with - and who they'd be comfortable upsetting.”

Source : Source: bobmorris.biz
“Kissing on screen is just, funny enough you're just acting so you're distracted by that more than anything. Or at least I am. I'm actually always coming away from those things going like, 'I wonder how I kissed just now.' Because I have no idea! I'm just thinking about what's happening.”

Source : "'Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials': Dylan O'Brien Talks Stunts, Unromantic Romance and More". Interview with Perri Nemiroff, collider.com. August 12, 2015.
“Apart from the traditional paintings I also dabble with a little photography.”
“The principle of parsimony is valid esthetically in that the artist must not go beyond what is needed for his purpose.”

Source : Rudolf Arnheim (1954). “Art and Visual Perception: A Psychology of the Creative Eye”, p.46, Univ of California Press
“Things were not tragic for us then, because although we cared passionately we didn't care deeply.”

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